The Return of Peter Grimm is a 1926 American silent fantasy film directed by Victor Schertzinger based on the 1911 play by David Belasco. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.[1][2]
The Return of Peter Grimm | |
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Directed by | Victor Schertzinger William Tummel (assistant director) |
Written by | Bradley King |
Based on | The Return of Peter Grimm by David Belasco (play) |
Produced by | William Fox |
Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes; 7 or 8 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A print survives at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.[3]
A previous short film of this play appeared in 1913. A sound feature was made in 1935, also titled The Return of Peter Grimm.
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
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